If you are not Catholic then you should not receive the Eucharist. If you ARE Catholic and go to another church for whatever reason, you shouldn't partake in their...sacrament. Catholic faith maintains that only an Ordained Priest is capable of Performing the Sacrament of Communion. No doubt my fellow Catholics (I'm not the only one right?) will be able to cover anything I may have missed.

No one should force you into performing a Religious service you are not comfortable with.

I took Catholic communion once (I was Methodist then). My Catholic girlfriend was too surprised to do anything. Afterwards, she just kept quiet so neither of us would get in trouble. She later explained to me that I shouldn't have done that.

Look ma, no tongue burns!

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Davros, Attorney and Pieces of LawKeeping up appearances is a very important activity in religion; in fact, maintaining tattered illusions is its main activity. - Richard Wade, on Friendlyatheist.comWe make an idol of our fear and call it God. -Ingmar Bergman, The Seventh Seal

I was a guest at a Hindu temple once. They would have been seriously offended if I hadn't eaten and drunk with them. And it was more than a flippin' wafer...

Just checked the mirror. No bindi miraculously appearing on my forehead. I think I must have gotten away with it too...

"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical or cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." ~ Bill Hicks."To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine."One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln."If you're making a political point wearing a balaclava, you're a c***. It was true for the IRA and it's true now." ~ daftbeaker.

I am a recovering Catholic. Actually, my grandmother had me start going to preseminary classes while still in high school. When I first read the Apocrypha and learned of other versions of the Bible, I was shocked. That caused me to doubt what I had been taught, and begin a lifelong quest of personal research.

The way I see it, all Christians work for the same boss, and these little dogmatic peculiarities should not prevent you from effectively worshipping. In fact, Jesus himself spoke out against a legalistic approach to religion.

'There are no atheists in foxholes' isn't an argument against atheism, it's an argument against foxholes."-James Morrow

MPTrooper gradually turned into a real mean jerk and was eventually banned for it. As for Capellini, she doesn't post much lately, but she's still around. She had three or four posts last month, and her last visit to the board was yesterday, according to her profile.

a month ago i was at a catholic service and the priest made it very clear that you could only come up and receive communion if you were catholic and had recently gone to confession - about 5 people wound up going up to receive that day

Get your bake on.

TwistedSister wrote:You can't go wrong with a side of Bacon on your side.........

Holy shit I just found this by googling my name. You guys didn't get the question, I still remember it 2 years from now.I was going to tell my teacher that I was Pastafarian and couldn't receive the Eucharist at the church because it was against religion. I didn't believe in God and like the idea of FSM so I considered myself a Pastafarian lol, I have a copy of the Gospel now as well :D

Anyway yeah, it was just a question I figured the community would decide if they bothered answering their opinions.

Our religion has flimsy moral standards. There's no hellfire and damnation around here (unless you bring it with you). As far as Pastafarianism is concerned, you can eat your Jeez-its™ crackers and drink your communion wine, it doesn't bother the FSM. If, however, you are not a true believer in the Roman Catholic faith, and you have not been to confession and whatever else you are required to do, the Roman Catholic church will be pissed off with you if you take communion. Question answered?

"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical or cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." ~ Bill Hicks."To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine."One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln."If you're making a political point wearing a balaclava, you're a c***. It was true for the IRA and it's true now." ~ daftbeaker.